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) BOY'S BODY IN FIRE.
Believed that Lad was Killed am
^ Fire Started to Cover Crime.
- Washington, D. C., Sept. 10.?
Firemen who extinguished a blazi
in the cobbler shop of Tony Melano
near the government printing office
early to-day, found unmistakable evi
dehce that the fire had been set t(
cover up the murder of a victim, af
terwaxds identified as Harry Smith
14 years old. The firemen pullec
the charred and unrecognizable re
mains of the boy from burning a<
bris, which had been soaked witl
I;;?oal oil. Several blows naa Deer
dealt the boy with a heavy instru
ment and a blood-stained hammei
was found near by. The body was
identified by a scarf pin. Melanr
? was arrested at the point of a re
volver. The witnesses told the police
they saw him fighting in his shoi
yesterday. One woman said she sav
; him strike a boy with a hammer
^He claimed he loaned his key to ar
American friend who said he want
ed to sleep in the shop last night.
Myrtle Smith, 22 years old, a sisi
ter of the murdered boy, becam<
hysterical and attempted to commii
suicide when she wrent to the morgue
(with members of the family in an ef
fort to indentify the charred remains
of her brother. Screaming loudly sh<
(ran out of the morgue and was aboul
to jump off the wharf into the Po
tomac river when she was seized bj
two policemen and restrained b}
main force.
GIRL'S NUDE BODY FOUND.
Believed that Kidnapping was fo]
Revenge Upon Parents.
Madison, Wis., Sept. 9.?The nud<
body of seven-year-old Annie Lam
berger, who was kidnapped from i
bed in her parent's home last Tues
day night, was found in Lake Mo
nona, near here early to-day.
Superficial examination of th<
body disclosed no evidence of vio
lenbe beyond a slight laceration or
IK' one ear and a discoloration or
the neck, the latter mark indicating
that the child may have been stran
??;. : ' gled. No weights were on the body
nor were the hands or feet bounc
i: in any way.
The only motive for the murder
as far as the case has developed
seems to be revenge upon the child'i
V parents by an unidentified enemy.
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MURDER SUSPECT CAPTURED.
i Hampton County Negro in Jail for
Cirime Committed in 1907.
Bruson, Sept. 12.?Sheriff Lightsey,
of this county, passed through
Branson early yesterday morning on
his way from Gainesville, Fla., having
in charge a young negro man,
[ Ellie Platts, charged with the murj
der of a white man^ Laz Padgett, of
this neighborhood, in August, 1907.
In a preliminary examination Dej
fore Magistrate Dowling, of this
place, Platts was discharged. He disa
appeared from here immediately af"
ter. Subsequently a warrant was issued
for his arrest on after-discovered
evidence. Sheriff Lightsey traced
him to Florida, where he was liv,
ing under the name of Harvey.
( Padgett, when killed, was living
albne in a house about a mile from
Bcunson, and was known to have
several hundred dollars in cash,
which he carried about his person.
He was shot to death in his house
about 9 o'clock at night and found
by neighbors the next morning. No
money could be found on his person
or about the premises. Platts is in
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Magistrate Collins Resigns.
Florence, Sept. 12.?Magistrate
s Mack C. Collins, of Oak Grove,
? T/vnch's townshin. in this eountv. the
t well-known and fearless magistrate,
. who has served the State and counj
ty in that position at Oak Grove for
7 several years, has decided that, for
the best interests of his own person,
that he would resign his position and
move to Florence.
His resignation was forwarded to
p Gov. Bleas? to-day, and is effective
at once. Mr. Collins, it will be remembered,
was -recently charged
with an ugly crime in his community,
but, after legal investigation, was
exonerated entirely by the trial
magistrate.
He states that he has no objection
to the hatred shown him by a number
of people of that section, and was
not afraid of being done bodily harm,
but when it got to the point that a
citizen of the State should come out
i and swear out a warrant against him
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? the community and seek rest and
1 contentment elsewhere.
Mr. Collins came here to-day, and
, has already secured a position on the
, city police force, going on duty at 6
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. His
family reached here to-day.
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BOND. IS CALLED IN.
Mims, Charged with Incest, Arrested
at Sumter.
Lexington, Sept. 12.?Will Mims,
the Brookland white man charged
with incest, was placed in jail on Sunday
by Sheriff Miller, having been arrested
in Sumter. Mims's bondsmen
decided that they ?id not care to remain
on his bond longer and so notified
the officers. -It will be recalled
that Mims was first arrested several
months ago upon the charge of rape,
the alleged victim being a near relative.
At the last term of court the
grand jury failed to bring in a true
bill on the charge of rape, and a warrant
was worn out by the solicitor
charging incest. Mims remained in
jail, but finally was able to give bond.
The little girl, ftie co-defendant in
the case, is out on bond. The case is
revolting in its nature, and will be
thrashed-out in the general sessions
court next week. Mims looks to be
about 50 years of age. He is a mill
operative.
"Ghost" Came With a Crash.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 13.?Three
young women operators in the Pittston
telephone exchange were badly
frightened this morning when a man,
clad only in his nightshirt, jumped
through the glass skylight of the oporafinflr
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bleeding and torn before them.
They shrieked for help and dashed
painc-sfcricken into the street,
shouting that they had seen a ghost.
The police found the man was
James Roach, who, while delirious
from fever, had got out of his bedroom,
climbed to the roof of his
house and passing over two other
roofs, had fallen into the exchange.
He was severely injured.
Record-Breaking Shipments.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 10.?With
cargoes of co-tton, totalling more than
41,000 bales, four steamships flying
the British flag cleared from this
port to-day for Liverpool, Bremen
and Manchester. The vessels and
their cargoes are: Dominion, for
Liverpool, about 15,000 bales; Anglo-Bolivian,
for Bremen, 6,000 '
bales; Author for Manchester, 10,000,
bales; Meltonia, Liverpool, 10,000
bales. It is declared in shipping
circles that the first half of this
month will break all records for
heavy early movement.
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MAINE "WET" AFTER ALL.
Official Count Gives 134 Majority
Against Prohibtion.
Portland, Me., Sept. 14.?An apparent
majority of ,134 votes for repeal
of the . liquor prohibitory
amendment of the Maine constitution
was announced in an official state
meat issued to-night by Secretary of
State Davis as the outcome of Monday's
election. The secretary's report
is based on signed returns from town
clerks.
Certain discrepancies, which indicate
errors by town officials in returning
the vote, are not taken into account
in the secretary's report.
These discrepancies are declared by
leaders of the anti-repeal side to be
suffiicent to change the result to a
"dry" majority
Only the canvass of the vote by
the governor and council later can
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aujusi any uisrcieyeuiuicD ui mis oun.
Press returns compiled in this cityindicated
to-night a "dry" majority
of 356, taking into account the alleged
discrepancies in town clerks'
reports.
Trafficked in Girls.
Tampa, Fla., Sept. 14.?Charging
a violation of the federal statute,
whidh seeks to prohibit the trafficking
in girls, L. Athanasaw was placed
under $1,000 bond here to-day on
a warrant sworn out by the Woman's
Home and Hospital.
Athanasaw is proprietor of the Imperial
Theatre in Ybor City. It is a
vaudeville house with wine rooms attached.
The specific charge against
him is that through and advertisement
in an Atlanta" paper he interested
young girls of that city and surrounding
country to come here and go on
the stage at a fancy salary. The
name of Miss Agnes Couch appears
in the warrant. She has been living
in Atlanta, but her home is at
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senoia, ua. cue was resuueu uy cue
superintendent of the Woman's
Home and Hospital. Five other Atlanta
girls answered the advertisement,
but none of them went to work
after visiting the place.
Miss Couch said she was employed
by an agent in Atlanta, who paid her
fare here. She told the authorities
she was forced to smoke cigarettes,
drink and importune men to drink,
and to submit to other indignities. .
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